A 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after stabbing a man several times with a pocketknife in Deltona on Wednesday night, deputies said.

The stabbing victim, 37-year-old Carlos Farias, was dropped off at the hospital with eight stab wounds. The injuries punctured a lung and lacerated his liver.

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Deputies said the suspect, Frank Holt, showed up uninvited to a party on Horizon Street. When he became belligerent, Holt was asked to leave, but deputies say instead he started fighting with another guest.

"When he got very loud and belligerent, they didn't want him there anymore," said Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught.

The homeowner was stabbed while trying to break up the fight.Haught said Holt's version of events didn't add up.

"His version of the events was that he was the one being attacked and that he was just acting in self-defense," he said.

Officials said Farias will survive but is being treated as a trauma patient at Halifax Health Medical Center.